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By: Gina Hendrix | Book ReviewsTimeless words of instruction from the memories of 'Miss Ella' float through "Wrapped in Rain" by Charles Martin and capture your heart, strike down your pride, and offer glimpses of the mystery of Grace. This is a story of two abused boys, a self-absorbed money hungry father, a self sacrificing little black woman and how love wins over incomprehensible physical, mental, and emotional pain. read more

By: Rory Alcantara | Book ReviewsMy Sister's Keeper is an engaging and poignant fictional novel of Jodi Picoult. What happens if you create a child that will be the perfect donor for your dying daughter? And what happens if the child you created grows up to be thirteen years old and decides that she refuses to donate an organ for her ill sister? read more

By: Lynn Fowler | Book ReviewsThis book is the story of Dale Garris' first trip to Kenya, written initially as a journal that was e-mailed home on a daily basis so that family and friends could keep up with what he was doing. It is raw and honest, and doesn't try to pretty things up. Dale is a prophet of the old school; I don't think he is capable of prettying things up! What he encountered in Kenya was raw culture shock. read more

By: David Carter | Book ReviewsSaya is a classically beautiful Japanese girl of nineteen. She has no difficulty attracting men of all ages, and is happy to give them what they want. Sometimes they pay, sometimes not, though she doesn't particularly like any of them, and as for love, does that really exist? read more

By: Leanne Hoagland-Smith | Book ReviewsWhat separates a good company from a great one? This is the question Jim Collins in his 5 year research set out to answer. If you are just beginning the journey to organizational transformation, this is a necessary read to help you avoid making costly mistakes. read more

By: Daminda Thushara Goonetilleke | Book ReviewsThis book grips you and won't let you go. You feel everything that Bella feels. I have never read a book in which I identified with the characters more. It is like a stab in the heart, but that is one of the reasons it is so wonderful. read more

By: Marciano Guerrero | Book ReviewsWhen the divine Plato cast poets and artists out of his Utopian Republic, little did he realize that one can learn virtue from literature as well as from philosophy. Jane Austen writings, but in particular Pride and Prejudice is a book that has much to teach about human depths. read more

By: Kevin Kimmes | Book ReviewsDC comics is making a play for the top sales spots in the comic book industry by taking a writer driven approach. The men at the helm of this push, Jeff Johns and Grant Morrison. read more

By: Karen Haney | Book ReviewsAuthor Frank Delaney does a good job of writing about Irish history, folklore, and scandals in the Catholic Church. The book has an even amount of spiritual feel as well as riveting drama if you can imagine the two together. read more

By: Gail Pruszkowski | Book Reviews"The Devil's Queen: A Novel of Catherine de Medici" is the first book I have read by Jeanne Kalogridis. The heroine is a real person with a fascinating story that kept me totally engrossed. read more

By: Karen Haney | Book ReviewsFEAR THE WORST was not at all what I expected. I guess the cover didn't attract me or something but as they say "you can't tell a book by its cover" was true here. It was an easy to read but hard to put down book. Indeed, it had many plot twists that weren't hard to see coming but when you have police that don't do their job right, and sub-plots that try and fool you, it is a pretty sure bet to see what is coming. read more